I’m not going to run or do any of the boot camp exercise groups that I adore. No long and vigorous exercise sessions. I’m going to focus on yoga, push-ups, and planks. Probably 15 minutes a day or so.

Along with these, I’m going to try and add some good habits. First up is flossing my teeth nightly. I do it religiously for a while and then I don’t. I really want to make it a habit that will stick. After about 2 weeks, I’m going to add getting enough sleep to the agenda. 7+ hours minimum. I’m so bad at staying up late and then getting up at the crack of dawn. No more. Sleep is so crucial to good health! Then after another 2 weeks or so, I’m going to add on making sure my sink is clean every night. My hubby and I are so bad about leaving dishes! We rinse them out but we don’t take that extra step to unload the dish washer so we can put the dirty ones in.

So for #1 I started off pretty good. I was following Happy Herbivore’s slimming options and had gotten to the lowest weight I had been all year. After the marathon, I couldn’t stop eating! I saw a post on a Marine Corps Marathon FaceBook page from another marathoner that said she couldn’t stop eating either. That just gave me more of an excuse. After a week, I tried to get back into really watching my diet but I just couldn’t muster up the motivation. For the last 50 days I’ve been eating everything in sight. (and even some omnivore dishes too – cheese included!)

#2 I’ve done really well on! On Black Friday, we got a new Big Berkey Water Filter and I have been rockin’ the H2O. We use our Berkey water for cooking, drinking, and even for washing our fruits and veggies. We also use it to water our organic micro greens. I’ve got this water challenge in the bag for life! We even got a Berkey shower filter so we can let our bodies’ largest organ, our skin, enjoy the benefits! Thanks so much to my sis and brother-in-law for this suggestion!

For #3 I didn’t run, do yoga, or practice my push-ups or planks. I did go 4 times with my good friend Heather to Burn Boot Camp. I loved it! It is sorta like Camp Gladiator except that you are indoors and they provide all the wonderful equipment! They were running a New Year’s special and I have signed up for the next 6 weeks with them. I want so desperately to get stronger and I’m not going to get it done on my own.

For #4 I did pretty good on flossing and I have done great on sleep. I failed miserably on keeping a clean sink. Oh well. No Fly Lady certificate for me!

So there you go. Looking back over the list, I don’t think it was as epic of a fail as it felt like. So that’s a good thing.

Since it is almost 2019, my gut reaction was to buckle down and whip out a new set of challenges and give it a go again. However, my WordPress buddy that inspired me to take on this challenge, recently published this post that has me questioning everything!